Arunas A. Chesonis

SweetWater Energy, Inc. uses a unique technology to produce low-cost nanofibrillated cellulose, microcrystalline cellulose, cellulosic sugars, and clean lignin from non-food plant materials. The company was founded in 2009 as a spinout from the Rochester Institute of Technology, with funding from the New York State Energy Research and Development Authority. The company is based in Rochester, NY. This helps meet the increasing bioenergy and biochemical demands of the modern world. The company's initial goal was to develop a distributed method of creating ethanol on-site on farmland, but as the technology developed, their vision expanded.

XETA Technologies, Inc. engages in the provision of telecommunications systems and services. Its applications include contact centers, message management system, and integrated multi-media applications. The company was founded in 1981 by Mark A Agee and is headquartered in Broken Arrow, OK.

Network Telephone Corp. provided integrated communications services and internet solutions businesses in the United States. The company was founded in 1998 and is headquartered in Pensacola, FL.

NextCorps, Inc. provides financial services. It offers stage opportunities, business incubation for potential startups and growth services. The company was founded in 1987 and is headquartered in Rochester, NY.

EagleDream Health, Inc. provides software analytics solutions for healthcare. Its products include population health management, care management, mandatory reporting, network management and design, physician practice pattern variation, gainsharing and risk contracting and bundled payment analysis. The firm offers data warehouse, all payer claims database, claims data analysis and reporting and consulting services. The company was founded by Betty Rabinowitz and is headquartered in Rochester, NY.

Clerio Vision, Inc. develops noninvasive refractive vision correction technology. The company was founded by J. Mikael Totterman, Alex Zapesochny, and Alexandra Latypova, Scott Catlin in 2014 and is headquartered in Rochester, NY.

C2Sense, Inc. develops chemiresistive gas sensors for food and agriculture applications. Its sensors are used to detect ethylene, biogenic amines, and other relevant gases and sub-ppm concentrations; and monitor fruit ripeness and meat, fish and poultry freshness at all stages of the supply chain. The company was founded by Timothy M. Swager, Jan Schnorr and Eric Keller and is headquartered in Cambridge, MA.

Via Separations, Inc. develops and manufactures membrane. It specializes in food and beverage filtration, concentration and desalting, chemical refining, chemical purification, oil and gas, pulp and paper, specialty and commodity chemicals, biosynthetics, and pharmaceutical purification. The company was founded by Shreya Dave, Brent Keller, Jeff Grossman and Karen Golmar and is headquartered in Cambridge, MA.

Safar Partners LLC (Safar Partners) is a venture capital firm founded in 2019 by Nader Motamedy. The firm is headquartered in Cambridge, Massachusetts.

Quaise Energy, Inc. engages in the development and commercialization of novel millimeter wave drilling systems to harness geothermal energy. Its technology enables the clean energy transition by accessing the largest source of power-dense clean energy. The company was founded in 2018 and is headquartered in Cambridge, MA.

Pirouette Medical, Inc. develops a portable, intuitive, and easy-to-use auto-injector. The company is based in Arlington, MA. The company was founded in 2017 by Elijah Kapas, Conor Cullinane, Matthew Kane. Conor Cullinane has been the CEO since 2017.

RightHand Robotics, Inc. provides piece-picking solutions. The firm offers ReFlex SF, a system that comprises a 3D-printed palm filled with dynamixel servos, a palm, three compliant fingers, an interface circuit board and a basic software driver to publish motor commands and read sensor values. The company was founded by Leif Jentoft, Lael Odhner and Yaroslav Tenzer in 2014 and is headquartered in Somerville, MA.

Cranberry Capital Inc (Cranberry Capital) is a venture capital firm founded in 2011 by Keith Wilson. The firm is headquartered in Rochester, New York.